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• Cincinnati writers to read at this week’s Antioch Fireside

  By Megan BachmanMarch 5, 2011

  The fourth in a series of fireside readings at Antioch College features three young creative writers pursuing their Ph.D.s at the University of Cincinnati — Rachel Steiger-Meister, Katherine Zlabek and Michelle Burke. They will read on Sunday, March 6, at 2 p.m. at the Coretta Scott King Center on the Antioch campus.

• Get educated about education

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 19, 2011

  

  The community will get a double dose of education-inspired talk this week with a presentation by Miami University education professor Michael Dantley on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and a screening of the film No Textbook Answer: Communities Confront the Achievement Gap the following Saturday. See the film’s trailer here.

• Inspiring better education

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 17, 2011

  About 50 people came to hear Deborah Meier and Shadia Alvarez, both progressive educators and Antioch alumni, speak at the Herndon Gallery on Antioch College campus Feb. 12.

• Antioch’s ‘white knight’ moves

  By Megan BachmanDecember 23, 2010

  

  Departing Antioch College Interim President Matthew Derr never tired or wavered in his successful three-year effort to save his alma mater. Now Derr makes way for incoming president Mark Roosevelt, who starts on Jan. 1.

• A farewell to Matthew Derr

  By Megan BachmanDecember 14, 2010

  

  At a reception for departing Antioch College interim president Matthew Derr last week, college staff praised him for his patience, unswerving leadership and unflagging optimism.

• Vectren grants $25,000 to Glen Helen Ecology Institute

  By YS News StaffNovember 23, 2010

  

  Schoolchildren throughout the Miami Valley will have new opportunities to learn in Glen Helen, thanks to a partnership announced on Nov. 15 between Vectren and Antioch College.

• VIDEO – Dayton Mandolin Orchestra plays Garcia’s “Passages through Mexico”

  By Megan BachmanNovember 9, 2010

  

  On Sunday, Nov. 7, at a joint concert with an orchestra from Kalamazoo, Mich., the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra played three songs written by locally-born composer Victor Garcia Jr., “Passages through Mexico.” See the video here.

• Founders Day events celebrate Antioch College

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 13, 2010

  

  Antioch College invites the community to join in the Founders Day celebration this weekend, Oct. 15–16, to celebrate the college’s revival.

• One year in, college is primed for students

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 7, 2010

  On a recent tour to recruit new students, Antioch College Admissions Director Kristen Pett found that the revived college, set to open its doors to students next fall, has plenty of well-wishers.

• Antioch College presidential candidate to visit

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 6, 2010

  

  Mark Roosevelt, a finalist for the position of Antioch College president, will visit the Antioch campus next Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 13–14, to meet with the college and Yellow Springs communities.